A bitter jest, when it comes too near the truth, leaves a sharp sting behind it.
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.
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The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.
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Great empires are not maintained by timidity.
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Reckless adventure is the fool’s hazard.
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It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
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Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
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There can never be a complete confidence in a power which is excessive.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.
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We extol ancient things, regardless of our own times. [Lat., Vetera extollimus recentium incuriosi.]
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I am my nearest neighbour.
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Victor and vanquished never unite in substantial agreement.
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